Greta Van Susteren jabs Steve Stockman

Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Texas), who has vowed to try to impeach President Barack Obama, said Tuesday that the president’s reported plan to use children during Wednesday’s expected gun-reform announcement reminds him of the Saddam Hussein.

Appearing on Greta Van Susteren’s Fox News show, Stockman — who earlier this week threatened to file articles of impeachment against Obama — said, “He’s even using children, it reminds me of Saddam Hussein when he used kids to…”

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Cutting in, Van Susteren said: “Well, I think that’s a little bit of a stretch, but anyway, congressman, always nice to see you.”

Obama is expected to announce gun-control measures later Wednesday. The White House has said the president will be joined by children who wrote to him after the Dec. 14 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where 20 kids and six others were killed.